Improve News on Board Index?

I think the News on Board index is fabulous but I would love it if there was an ability to show Date and Time of when it was posted. It would be helpful in the fact that if my users don't know its new they may not check it so it makes things difficult.

Also I hope with the new hooks system that perhaps we will be able to use Blogs for updates instead of just a forum as that's where I post my news.

I also think it would be great to show the last X number of news posts instead of just one.